Eluned Mansell
@e-sings.bsky.social
Maths Horizons Head of Delivery @ Purposeful Ventures. Leadership, management and change in the education sector. Soprano with the CBSO Chorus.
This week we performed The Dream of Gerontius as the CBSO's season opener - here's my tribute to Simon Halsey who steps down as Chorus Director after 43 years!
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September 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This week we performed The Dream of Gerontius as the CBSO's season opener - here's my tribute to Simon Halsey who steps down as Chorus Director after 43 years!
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Great day at #rED25 - sessions from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social, @daisychristo.bsky.social, @chrisfountain.bsky.social and @dougobrien.bsky.social. It is always a delight seeing educators sharing their knowledge (on a Saturday no less) - brings such energy to the start of term.
September 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Great day at #rED25 - sessions from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social, @daisychristo.bsky.social, @chrisfountain.bsky.social and @dougobrien.bsky.social. It is always a delight seeing educators sharing their knowledge (on a Saturday no less) - brings such energy to the start of term.
Never done a concert that started at 9.45pm before! Singing under the sea in Monaco with the Prince in attendance. Now making our way back home...
July 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Never done a concert that started at 9.45pm before! Singing under the sea in Monaco with the Prince in attendance. Now making our way back home...
Paul McCartney's music in Monaco! Turns out Nice is indeed nice, so we're having a wonderful time exploring, while prepping for Sunday's concert in the evenings
July 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Paul McCartney's music in Monaco! Turns out Nice is indeed nice, so we're having a wonderful time exploring, while prepping for Sunday's concert in the evenings
Huge audience appreciation for Marriage Material at Birningham Rep this afternoon. Also learnt some new words courtesy of the chap next to me 🤣 Brilliant BSL interpretation as well
July 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Huge audience appreciation for Marriage Material at Birningham Rep this afternoon. Also learnt some new words courtesy of the chap next to me 🤣 Brilliant BSL interpretation as well
June 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It's 30 degrees outside, so obviously have spent the day sweltering in our rehearsal hall learning this for our upcoming tour! Not often we get to sing some McCartney.
June 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It's 30 degrees outside, so obviously have spent the day sweltering in our rehearsal hall learning this for our upcoming tour! Not often we get to sing some McCartney.
Spent the day with Eimar Noone and the CBSO performing music from epic video games. Hugely appreciative audience, including plenty of people who had never seen a live orchestra before, just fabulous to see them there.
May 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Spent the day with Eimar Noone and the CBSO performing music from epic video games. Hugely appreciative audience, including plenty of people who had never seen a live orchestra before, just fabulous to see them there.
We may also have been mildly cursing John Luther Adams last summer for this start to our choral part...
May 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We may also have been mildly cursing John Luther Adams last summer for this start to our choral part...
In suddenly pretending to be an alto... Composers, just no. Not in choral music. Top D is unacceptable. Otherwise, super fun music!
May 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
In suddenly pretending to be an alto... Composers, just no. Not in choral music. Top D is unacceptable. Otherwise, super fun music!
A bacon roll, a sea view and political analysis by @samfr.bsky.social feel like a good start to my Saturday morning
May 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A bacon roll, a sea view and political analysis by @samfr.bsky.social feel like a good start to my Saturday morning
Very excited for the next CBSO Chorus project - video games! Even I've heard of most of these... Already shaping up to be epic, join us, the CBSO, and conductor Eimear Noone for an evening of brilliant music on Sunday 25 May.
April 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Very excited for the next CBSO Chorus project - video games! Even I've heard of most of these... Already shaping up to be epic, join us, the CBSO, and conductor Eimear Noone for an evening of brilliant music on Sunday 25 May.
It's concert week! Very much looking forward to tomorrow's performance of Poulenc's Stabat Mater with the CBSO and Kazuki. The piece was new to me, but I've grown to love it.
April 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It's concert week! Very much looking forward to tomorrow's performance of Poulenc's Stabat Mater with the CBSO and Kazuki. The piece was new to me, but I've grown to love it.
It's new schedule day! Very excited to see what the CBSO has planned for us (and no, I can't share yet!).
March 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's new schedule day! Very excited to see what the CBSO has planned for us (and no, I can't share yet!).
Some more letters after my name! Can't believe I've finished studying with the OU (although never say never right 😬). Very proud to have collected my MEd today #OUFamily
March 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Some more letters after my name! Can't believe I've finished studying with the OU (although never say never right 😬). Very proud to have collected my MEd today #OUFamily
Today's rehearsal involved cursing composers who love enharmonics. Just why... 🤦♀️
March 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Today's rehearsal involved cursing composers who love enharmonics. Just why... 🤦♀️
We have segued from Haydn to ELO for next week's concert. Had a blast learning some of these tunes this afternoon.
March 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We have segued from Haydn to ELO for next week's concert. Had a blast learning some of these tunes this afternoon.
Superb time watching my fab singing teacher in ENO's Pirates
February 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Superb time watching my fab singing teacher in ENO's Pirates
A long day with CBSO Chorus - popped up to the BBC in Salford for a recording session. Last outing for Shostakovich 2 and our very patient Russian language coach.
February 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A long day with CBSO Chorus - popped up to the BBC in Salford for a recording session. Last outing for Shostakovich 2 and our very patient Russian language coach.
Now rehearsing for concert #2 of the year with the CBSO Chorus. Singing in English ought to be a lot easier than last week's Russian, but my brain wants to sing this in German... 🎶🤦♀️
January 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Now rehearsing for concert #2 of the year with the CBSO Chorus. Singing in English ought to be a lot easier than last week's Russian, but my brain wants to sing this in German... 🎶🤦♀️
Manchester day! Singing some Shostakovich with the BBC Phil. Will be on BBC Radio 3 at some point!
January 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Manchester day! Singing some Shostakovich with the BBC Phil. Will be on BBC Radio 3 at some point!
I ❤️ living 20 minutes from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. V enjoyable performance of Twelfth Night, brilliance from all the actors, as well as the design and lighting.
January 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I ❤️ living 20 minutes from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. V enjoyable performance of Twelfth Night, brilliance from all the actors, as well as the design and lighting.
Starting off 2025 with a bit of Russian! Shostakovich 2 for the BBC Phil in a couple of weeks. My bronchitis means I can't currently sing actual notes, hopefully I will become a useful chorus member again soon...
January 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Starting off 2025 with a bit of Russian! Shostakovich 2 for the BBC Phil in a couple of weeks. My bronchitis means I can't currently sing actual notes, hopefully I will become a useful chorus member again soon...